Naslov
The effect of perceived interval size on imagery during Guided Imagery and Music (GIM) therapy

Autori
Dukić, Helena ; Parncutt, Richard

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Sažeci sa skupova, sažetak, znanstveni

Skup
Global Arts and Psychology Seminar (GAPS)

Mjesto i datum
Graz, Austrija, 28.04.2017. - 29.04.2017

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Predavanje

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
musical narrativity, interval size, guided imagery and music, music therapy

Sažetak
Background and aims We are developing a new approach to musical narrativity in which we compare musical structure with stories told spontaneously by music therapy clients. In GIM, clients experience imagery (social and physical situations) that appears to be evoked by music and has a narrative structure related to music’s temporal structure (Bonny, 1995). Method Firstly, we hypothesized that musical movement triggers movement in the imagery: The more a musical piece is perceived to move, the more the imagery will move. To test this, the first author conducted standard GIM sessions with 23 clients using Bonny’s “Nurturing” programme (7 compositions, 30min). Everything the clients said while the music was playing was transcribed in MAXQDA. Each sentence was then mapped onto one 3 imagery types: scenery (client observes), action (client acts), and presence (characters appear). Most clients experienced the same imagery types in the same music passages. In Britten’s piece the ratio (scenery:action:presence) was 63:25:12 ; Walton’s piece 100:0:0 ; Berlioz's first piece 51:25:24 ; Berlioz’s second piece 43:12:45 ; Puccini’s piece 61:20:19 ; Massenet’s piece 58:23:19 ; Canteloube’s piece 54:18:28. We then asked 11 professional musicians to listen to the 7 compositions in the same order as the clients did. Their task was to rate each composition on a continuous scale from ‘smooth’ (value 0) to ‘jumpy’ (value 1) using a slider in Psychopy. Results The pieces that musicians judged as most smooth were also the pieces that evoked the most ‘scenery’ imagery, confirming our hypothesis. A Pearson correlation was used to determine the correlation between ‘jumpiness’ value and each imagery type ; ‘scenery’ (R=-0.86), ‘action’ (R=0.67), ‘presence’ (R=0.69). Conclusion Music that contains larger interval size as perceiver by the listeners, is more likely to trigger ‘action’ imagery in a standard GIM therapy session.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Psihologija, Glazbena umjetnost, Interdisciplinarno umjetničko polje, Kognitivna znanost (prirodne, tehničke, biomedicina i zdravstvo, društvene i humanističke znanosti)

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